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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
<span class=large>KINGS</span><br/> COMMONLY CALLED<br/> THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 17
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Elijah seals the heavens, and is fed by the ravens—At his command the barrel of meal and the cruse of oil of the widow of Zarephath fail not—He raises her son from death.
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And</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/1a" mark="a" type="U" title="HEB Eliyahu or Eliyah; Greek: Helias (Elias); Matt. 17: 3 (1-4); Luke 4: 25; D&C 110: 13 (13-16).">Elijah</a> the Tishbite, <i>who was</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/1b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR from Tishbe in Gilead.">of</a> the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, <i>As</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor <sup>c</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/1c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Drought; TG Famine.">rain</a> these years, but according to my <sup>d</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/1d" mark="d" type="A" title="Hel. 10: 5 (3-7).">word</a>.
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And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto him, saying,
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Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/3a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Ne. 3: 27; Mosiah 17: 4 (1-4); Ether 13: 13 (13, 22); TG Prophets, Rejection of.">hide</a> thyself by the brook Cherith, that <i>is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/3b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR east of (also v. 5).">before</a> Jordan.
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And it shall be, <i>that</i> thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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So he went and did according unto the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that <i>is</i> before Jordan.
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
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And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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&#182; And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto him, saying,
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Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which <i>belongeth</i> to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 4: 25 (25-26); Mosiah 21: 10 (10, 17); Moro. 9: 16.">widow</a> woman there to sustain thee.
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So he arose and went to Zarephath.  And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman <i>was</i> there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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And as she was going to fetch <i>it,</i> he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 8: 20.">bread</a> in thine hand.
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And she said, <i>As </i>the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I <i>am</i> gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go <i>and</i> do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring <i>it</i> unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
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For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day <i>that</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> sendeth rain upon the earth.
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And she <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 3: 7.">went</a> and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat <i>many</i> days.
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<i>And</i> the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, which he spake by Elijah.
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&#182; And it came to pass after these things, <i>that</i> the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sickness.">sickness</a> was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
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And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God?  art thou come unto me to call my <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 13: 26.">sin</a> to remembrance, and to slay my son?
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And he said unto her, Give me thy son.  And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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And he cried unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and said, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
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And he <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/21a" mark="a" type="C" title="2 Kgs. 4: 34; Acts 20: 10; TG Administrations to the Sick.">stretched</a> himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and said, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> my God, I pray thee, let this child’s <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Spirit Body.">soul</a> come into him again.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death, Power over.">revived</a>.
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And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/17/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 4: 37.">son</a> liveth.
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&#182; And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou <i>art</i> a man of God, <i>and</i> that the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> in thy mouth <i>is</i> truth.
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